Yemeni president urges rebels to work on confidence building measures

RIYADH 5th March 2016 (WAM) --- Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi today reiterated his call on the rebels to show good intentions and work on confidence-building measures agreed upon by the rebels and representatives of his legitimate government in the second round of peace talks in mid-December 2015 in Geneva Switzerland.

Real peace should be based on the outcome of the National Dialogue Conference UN resolutions and the 2011 Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) initiative Hadi said.

Speaking during a meeting with UN Yemen envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed Hadi said as part of the confidence-building measures the rebels should release detainees end their siege of cities and allow humanitarian corridors to be opened for besieged areas like Taiz.

The Yemeni president praised the United Nations and its special envoy for making efforts to end the bloodshed and the worsening economic situation caused by the rebels and their savage war according to the official Yemen News Agency.

"The Yemeni people have decided on their roadmap to a bright future for a new and united Yemen" Hadi said.